Kabul, Afghanistan—August 29, 2018—The Bayat Foundation once again demonstrated its heartfelt commitment to nourish and support Afghan families, by distributing 172,800 pre-packaged meals to children and their families living in Kabul and the surrounding regions.

Every year, The Bayat Foundation’s Food and Nutritional Assistance Program provides hundreds of thousands of meals to Afghans. The program is a vital part of the Foundation’s family assistance initiatives, which provide Afghan families and children, with meals, clothing, school supplies and other basic necessities.  Each Meal Kit contains pre-packaged, shelf stable, easily prepared meals that are fortified with proteins, vitamins and other essential nutrients. The Bayat Foundation’s staff worked in partnership with local schools, to ensure that the food assistance reached the largest possible number of students and their families.

 Darulaman High School was the launch point for the Foundation’s food assistance initiative.

There, Foundation Staff, the School’s Instructors and Students helped distribute much needed food assistance to the school’s students and their families.

In addition to distributing meals, Bayat Foundation staff conducted on-site cooking demonstrations, which taught the students and others receiving the food assistance, how to prepare the meals, so that each meal served to their families provided the highest nutritional value.

Working throughout August, The Bayat Foundation distributed food assistance at the following Provinces and Districts:

1. Balkh Province:           Food assistance provided to 100 families.
2. Samangan Province:   Food assistance provided to 100 families.
3. Jawzjan Province:       Food assistance provided to 100 families.
4. Lagman Province:       Food assistance provided to 100 families.
5. Nangarhar Province:   Food assistance provided to 100 families.
6. Ghazni Province:         Food assistance provided to 100 families.

1. 1^st district Kabul Province:                  Food assistance provided to 100 families.
2. Central Polyclinic – Kabul Province:    Food assistance provided to 100 families.
3. Azadi Printing Press – Kabul Province: Food assistance provided to 100 families.
4. 6^th District Kabul Province:                 Food assistance provided to 100 families.

“We want every child—and every family—to have nutritious food to eat, so that all of our people can be healthy, hopeful and strong,” said Dr. Ehsanollah Bayat, Co-Founder of The Bayat Foundation. “Nourishing Afghans with Food, Education and Healthcare are three of the most important ways that The Bayat Foundation can help our children—and all Afghans—flourish.”